Lincoln's grave robbers / Steve Sheinkin.
2012
E457.52 .S54 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Lincoln's grave robbers / Steve Sheinkin.
Author
ISBN
9780545405720 hardcover
0545405726 hardcover
9780545552547 school market
0545552540 school market
0545405726 hardcover
9780545552547 school market
0545552540 school market
Publication Details
New York : Scholastic Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
214 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Call Number
E457.52 .S54 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
[Fic]
973.7
973.7
Summary
A dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and how a fledgling Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting operation.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211) and index.
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